#NURBS Modeler
<<Is his the only one around, or are there other NURBS modelers out there?>>
Here in France and in now America, you can purchase the AMAPI modeller
which includes nurbs and heaps of other modelling tools(booleans
between NURBS, accurate chamfers and filets, extrusions etc). It runs
on UNIX, Mac, PowerMac, Window, DOS and was used to demonstrate the
opening of the PowerMac distribution in Japan so it's no slouch. It
costs about $400 and it outputs to many different formats,
unfortunately DXF is the only one 3DS can read. A direct AMAPI->3DS
IPAS is "possibly" in the works.
It's a great modeller, really intuitive, and powerful.
New Flash! The company that produces the modeller is going to release
an IPAS that converts it's native files directly to 3DS format. This
IPAS should be ready in a few months. YIPPPPEEE!
DaviD "Nerds playing with their nurbs" GouID